1. Aerogel Covering A Nanoporous Thermal Obstacle Aerogel insulation finish is an advancement product birthed from the unusual physics of aerogels-- ultralight solids made of 90% air trapped in a nanoscale porous network. Visualize "icy smoke": the small pores are so little (nanometers wide) that they quit heat-carrying air molecules from relocating easily, eliminating convection (warm transfer through air flow) and leaving just very little transmission. This provides aerogel finishes a thermal conductivity of ~ 0.013 W/m · K, far less than still air (~ 0.026 W/m · K )and...